UNION COUNTY – Two Omaha teenagers were killed and another was injured in a crash in Union County late Friday. The Iowa State Patrol reports Ford Explorer driven by 17 year old Izabella Martinez was heading eastbound on Highway 34 as a grain hopper trailer operated by Kelly Lee Jones of Creston was stopped at an intersection. That large vehicle then entered the intersection while making a left turn. Both Martinez and Alex Conner Mauseth were killed by the collision.

CALHOUN COUNTY – A man missing since late October in Calhoun County was found dead after a month-long search. WHO-13 reports 54 year old Mark Riesberg was found inside of a car near Jolley, dead as a result of a single gunshot wound. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office does not suspect foul play for the man who was missing since October 28th.

IOWA – Both the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones have received invitations to play one more football game this season. The Hawkeyes will take on Tennessee on New Year’s Day January 1st in the Citrus Bowl, while the Cyclones return to Memphis to take on the hometown team in the Liberty Bowl on Friday, December 29th.